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1978 British film
Sweeney 2
Original British quad poster
Directed by
Tom Clegg
Written by
Ian Kennedy Martin (creator) Troy Kennedy Martin (scriptwriter)
Produced by
Ted Childs
Starring
John Thaw Dennis Waterman Denholm Elliott Ken Hutchison Lewis Fiander Anna Gaël
Cinematography
Dusty Miller
Edited by
Chris Burt
Music by
Tony Hatch
Production company
Euston Films
Distributed by
EMI
Release date
April 1978 (1978-04)
Running time
104 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Box office
£65,076 (UK)[1]
Sweeney 2 is a 1978 British action crime drama film. It was made as a sequel to the successful 1977 film Sweeney!. Both films are an extension of the popular British ITV television series The Sweeney (1975–78). Some of the action in the film is transferred from the usual London setting to Malta.
The series and films depict a fictionalised version of the Flying Squad. The term The Sweeney is derived from Cockney rhyming slang, originating in the expression Sweeney Todd: Flying Squad, and is a real term used by the London underworld to refer to the squad, whose brief was to investigate armed robbery within the Metropolitan Police District (MPD), an area roughly corresponding to Greater London.
The film centres on the investigations of the fictional Detective Inspector Jack Regan (John Thaw) and his partner Detective Sergeant George Carter (Dennis Waterman).
^Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 302. Figures are distributor's gross.
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